CEE Advisory Board Meetings

Location

University Memorial Building – Cardinal Room

Social Hour

Meet-and-greet hospitality ice-breaker

Welcoming remarks

• Jim Alleman, ISU-CCEE Professor  & Chair
• Keri Hornbuckle, UI-CEE Professor  & Chair
• Jim Bernard, ISU-COE Professor and Dean

Iowa State University

Faculty & Advisory Council

Introductions

Reg Souleyrette, Associate Chair, Professor & Division Leader and Professor

Tim Ellis, Assistant Chair (UGR Programs) & Associate Professor

Sri Sritharan, Assistant Chair (GR Programs) & Associate Professor

…plus Advisory Council members

University of Iowa

Faculty & Advisory Council

Introductions

…UI faculty plus Advisory Council members

Dinner

ISU Student

Organization Updates

1) ASCE

2) Chi Epsilon

3) Transportation Student Association

4) CE Undergraduate Student Advisory Council

5) Water Quality Club

Location

8am-3+pm

University Memorial Building – Campanile (Mtg) & Cardinal (Lunch) Rooms

Continental Breakfast

8:00-8:30am

Participant meet-and-greet time!! / Building tours offered if desired

Go-Around Introductions

8:30-8:45am

Participant self-introductions

ISU

Welcome & Introductions

8:45-9:00am

Jim Alleman, ISU-CCEE Professor  & Chair

              (Departmental update…to include ‘budget’ perspective)

UI

Welcome & Introductions

9:00- 9:15am

Keri Hornbuckle, UI-CEE Professor  & Chair

              (Departmental update…to include ‘budget’ perspective)

Iowa Rail Activity Overview Part-1:

ISU update…and collaboration prospects

9:15-10:00am

Tamara Nicholson, Director, Office of Rail Transportation, Iowa DOT

 (Note: this special update will cover Iowa intercity rail activities, including: prospective new Iowa City - Quad Cities – Chicago rail service)

Iowa Rail Activity Overview Part-2:

Academic update…and collaboration prospects

10:00-10:15am

Reg Souleyrette, ISU-CCEE ‘Transportation’ division leader

(Note: this 2nd presentation will address efforts underway within the US regarding rail engineering education, and what-if thoughts about possible ISU-UI collaboration, Union Pacific interaction status?, etc.)

Biobreak

10:15-10:30am

Campus Sustainability

Overviews

10:30-11:15am

Part-1:

Tag-team updates on what our universities are doing in regard to sustainable and green initiatives, including a broad look-see at what ISU and UI respectively teach in regards to sustainable topics (i.e., what courses, student levels, geographic focus, etc.)

• Jim Alleman & Say-Kee Ong, ISU-CCEE
• Keri Hornbuckle, UI-CEE Professor  & Chair

Part-2:

Open brain-storming session to hear advisory council member thoughts and recommendations about incorporating sustainable, LEED, etc. learning…into core program, capstone offerings, etc.

Advisory Council Member Mentoring w/ Junior Faculty

11:15-Noon

Open brain-storming session about possible mentoring collaboration between advisory council members and junior departmental faculty…on a creative what-if basis covering past, present, and possible future ideas…as to linkages which might benefit course delivery, research project brainstorming, professional networking, etc., and possibly leading to mutually beneficial integration with real-world projects.

Lunch

12:15-1:15pm

MU-Campanile Room

Guest Speaker – Merry Rankin – New ISU Director of Sustainability

Split

ISU & UI

Breakout Meetings

1:30-3:45pm

University of Iowa CE Advisory Council   @ MU-Campanile Room

Iowa State CE Advisory Council  @ 388 Town Engineering Bldg

CE EAC Meeting

Agenda Focus Points

1:30-3:45pm

• Specific ISU Budget updates
• Design Integration within CE Curriculum
• Capstone Revision Issues within CE Curriculum
• Other?